Khon Kaen Metropolitan Development Model For Sustainability

Abstract

         This research aimed to study : 1) the levels of factors affecting the development of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability, 2) the levels of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability, 3) the factors affecting the development of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability and  4) to create the model of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability. The sample group of the research in the first group which used in quantitative research in total of 399 people acquired by the method of determining the sample size according to Yamane's formula by using questionnaires as the tool. For the second group, the population which used in qualitative research and consisted of the focus group in total of 18 people and the in-depth interviews in total of 18 people. Statistics used for the data analysis included frequency, distribution, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Hypothesis testing used statistics Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient with the statistical significance at the level of .05. Whereas, the multiple regression analysis by Stepwise method with the statistical significance was at the level of .05 for the qualitative data. The researcher used descriptive methods and explained the findings. The results found are as follows.
      1. The levels of factors affecting the development of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability in overall was at a high level.
    2. The levels of Khon Kean Metropolis development towards sustainability in overall was at the high level.
    3. The results of the analysis of the relationship between the factors affecting the development of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability in overall was at a medium level equal to .588.
    4. The analysis of predictive power of variables, factors affecting the development of Khon Kaen Metropolis towards sustainability in the total of 4 variables which could explain the dependent variables: Khon Kaen metropolis development towards sustainability with 38.00 percentage, R² = .380 and the value of F equal to 60.330 with the statistical significance at the level of α .05.  When considering the sub-variables by ordering into the equation according to the relationships: political factors (X₈), human resource factors (X₅), local government form factors (X₃) and the last variable reaching the best equation of multiple regression which were management factors (X₂) and could write the raw scores and the standard was as follows.

                The regression equation of raw score  Y= 2.283 + .069X2 + .074X3 + .096X5   + .188 X8  

                The regression equation of standard score  Z_r = .348Z8 + .160Z5  + .129Z3  + .127Z2
       

          5. Khon Kean Metropolis development model towards sustainability consisted of management factors, local government form, human resource factors, political factors, information technology factors, social factors, infrastructure factors, economic factors, budget factors, leadership factors of local administrators, participation factors and integrated strategic factors which had influenced to Khon Kean Metropolis development model towards sustainability were to layout of the town plan or area, urban education, urban transportation, health city, Mice city, distribution center, receiving information and identity of being of Khon Kaen Metropolis, Khon Kaen development towards sustainability should focus on the balancing for society; economy and environment, the external factors such as the current world situation affecting  and create the immune mechanism for continuous and sustainable development.